By Gemencho:    Even at face value the democratic ideals that the domesticated Ethiopian elite claim to uphold are fake.  Democratic ideals are not neutral ideas.  They do not confuse killers with their victims. They do not blur the distinctions.  They take sides.  What is also at issue is a question of identity- a glaring cultural rupture between this elite and Ethiopia.  The two don’t speak the same language. They don’t share the same space. Their goals are diametrically opposite.  Read More…